India
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Found in 310 Collections and/or Records:
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Correspondence A - J, 1906-03 - 1942-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/34
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Correspondents include: A V Alexander [First Lord of the Admiralty], explaining that there were no submarines available to help the Yugoslavs and on efforts to persuade the French fleet at Alexandria [Egypt] to join the Allies (3); Sir John Anderson [Lord President of the Council, later 1st Lord Waverley] on the Canadian wage control scheme, and whether similar measures could be used in Britain (2); Harold Armstrong (2); Lord Athlone [Governor-General of Canada] commenting on Indian affairs,...
Dates:
1906-03 - 1942-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence A - K, 1944-01 - 1945-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/37
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Correspondents include: Joseph Agius (3); Sir Mohamed Akbar Khan on the Indian Comforts Fund and American criticism of the Indian Army; 9th Lord Albemarle [earlier Lord Bury]; Princess Alexandra of Greece (2); Herve Alphand [Director of Economic Affairs for the French National Committee in London] on a proposal for financial arrangements between France and Britain; Sir John Anderson, Chancellor of the Exchequer [later 1st Lord Waverley] on subjects including a paper by LSA on the sterling...
Dates:
1944-01 - 1945-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence A - Z, 1922-01 - 1922-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/5
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Correspondents include: Lord Burnham, commenting on LSA's work at the Overseas Settlement Committee; General 1st Lord Birdwood [General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Army in India], congratulating LSA on his Emigration Bill; 1st Lord Blyth; [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain [Leader of the Conservative Party] on the disagreements between himself and LSA over the break up of the Coalition Government (4); [Austen] Neville Chamberlain, congratulating LSA on becoming a Privy Councillor and...
Dates:
1922-01 - 1922-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence A - Z, 1934-01 - 1934-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/24
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Correspondents include: Sir John Arkwright; Stanley Baldwin [Leader of the Conservative Party] on LSA taking over the Oxford University constituency and on articles by LSA (2); Sir Reginald Banks; Jacques Bardoux; Richard Bennett [Prime Minister of Canada] on visiting LSA; Sir Henry Birchenough on the Empire Economic Relations Professorship at the University of London; Mabel, Lady Birchenough; Sir Basil Blackett [President, British Social Hygiene Council] on LSA's work for the council;...
Dates:
1934-01 - 1934-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence A - Z, 1935-01 - 1935-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/25
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Correspondents include: Julian Amery; Vera Astley-Rushton on the death of her husband Edward Astley-Rushton; Stanley Baldwin, thanking LSA for his book ["The Forward View"]; Jacques Bardoux on subjects including Italy's invasion of Abyssinia [later Ethiopia]; 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Max Aitken] on the case for isolationism; Richard Bennett, Canadian Leader of the Opposition, on his defeat in the Canadian elections; Sir Henry Birchenough; Sir William Birdwood on subjects including...
Dates:
1935-01 - 1935-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence A - Z, 1940-04 - 1940-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/31
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Correspondents include: A V Alexander [First Lord of the Admiralty] (2); Bernard Sendall, Admiralty; representatives of the Society of Friends Germany Emergency Committee (3); [Charles] Vernon Bartlett; [Henry] Montague Bell; 1st Lord Bledisloe [earlier Charles Bathurst] on a broadcast by LSA; Robert Boothby on subjects including getting a rebuke from Winston Churchill (2); Robert Bower (2); Doreen, Lady Brabourne; Henry Brailsford on a war cry for Europe; Alexander Lindsay on the attitude...
Dates:
1940-04 - 1940-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence A - Z, 1944-12 - 1946-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/39
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Correspondents include: Ian Henderson, Foreign Office; Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander [Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theatre] on subjects including his Indian divisions (4); 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood (2); Victor Altmann (3); [Robert] Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon]; 3rd Lord Selborne [Minister of Economic Warfare, earlier Lord Wolmer]; Sir William Croft [Chief Civil Assistant to Minister of State in Cairo, Egypt]; Walter Amstutz on republishing Winston...
Dates:
1944-12 - 1946-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence A - Z, 1945-11 - 1947-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/40
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: King Abdullah of Transjordan [later Jordan], sending his sympathy [on the execution of John Amery] (2); William Allen [Press Attaché, British Embassy in Turkey]; Victor Altmann (3); Cyril Bailey; [Arthur] Beverley Baxter; Brendan Bracken; 1st Lord Brand; Arthur Bryant (2); Charles Buzzard; Sir Robert Cary, mainly on the India debate (February-March 1946), especially a statement by Clement Attlee [Prime Minister] (February), speeches by Winston Churchill [Leader of the...
Dates:
1945-11 - 1947-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence A - Z, 1946-07 - 1948-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/41
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir [Leslie] Patrick Abercrombie; A V Alexander, Minister of Defence on subjects including LSA's ideas on the National Service Bill (2); [Albert] Spenser Allberry (2); Carleton Allen; 1st Lord Altrincham [earlier Sir Edward Grigg] (2); Sir Algernon Aspinall; Frank Aydelotte, American Secretary to Rhodes Trustees, on subjects including the chances of civil war in Palestine; [William] Bankes Amery [Head of British Food Mission to Australia] on the food parcels sent to...
Dates:
1946-07 - 1948-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence A - Z, 1948-01 - 1948-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/42
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Correspondents include: George Shreeve, Deputy Director-General, British Council; Sir Ronald Adam, Chairman and Director-General of the British Council; [Syed] Waris Ameer Ali on the massacres following the hand-over of power in India; John Astor [Director of the Phoenix Assurance Company]; Clement Attlee, Prime Minister; Sir Girja Bajpai [Secretary-General of Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India]; Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter,...
Dates:
1948-01 - 1948-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence about the offer of posts as Commander-in-Chief, India, and Governor of East Bengal, 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SLIM 2/5
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Comprises correspondence with Lord Louis Mountbatten, July-August 1947 and a letter from Lord Alexander in July 1947.
Bengal is now parts of Bangladesh and India
Dates:
1947
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence Am-As, 1918 - 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CRFT 1/2
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Correspondents include: Leo Amery on subjects including Croft's suggestion of intervention in Russia, to restore the monarchy, tariff reform, free trade and Imperial Preference, the Socialist notion of making all colonies mandated territories, the future of Europe as some form of European Commonwealth and Amery's attempt as Secretary of State for India to steer a course between Congress and the Moslems (11); 2nd Lord Ampthill [earlier Arthur Russell]; Sir John Anderson [Home Secretary and...
Dates:
1918 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence and notes about a visit to India and Pakistan, 1956 - 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SCHO 9
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From the Fonds:
Papers comprising working files from the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, at Harwell
Dates:
1956 - 1957
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence and observations on solar eclipse, 1867 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/122
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Correspondence and observations relating to the total solar eclipse of 17-18 August 1868. The first part of the volume deals with the preparations for an expedition to India to observe the eclipse, the acquisition of new instruments, the financial arrangements, and diplomatic approval from the India Office, including a letter from the Under Secretary, H. Merivale. There are pieces on the Austrian and French expeditions and discussions with Major J.F. Tennant on the observations to be taken...
Dates:
1867 - 1869
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Sub-Fonds
Correspondence from India, 1919 - 1921
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/LASL 6
Scope and Contents
Letters, mainly from Alan Lascelles, written while serving as aide to his brother-in-law, George Lloyd [later 1st Baron Lloyd], Governor of Bombay.
During this period, Alan Lascelles met and married Joan Thesiger, daughter of the Viceroy of India, Lord Chelmsford [Frederick John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford].
Dates:
1919 - 1921
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Permission to consult CLOSED material within the Lascelles papers (LASL 1/2/1-6; and sections of LASL 2-4) and the catalogue describing the closed material must be obtained from the Royal Archives. The remainder of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence G - Z, 1941-01 - 1964-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/33
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Correspondents include: Major-General Sir Hastings Ismay [Deputy Secretary (Military) to War Cabinet]; [Willoughby] Clive Garsia [Guy Cottar] on his book "Planning the War"; J L Garvin [Editor of the Observer] on subjects including LSA's tribute to 1st Lord Lloyd and Mahomed Jinnah [President of the All India Muslim League] (5); Admiral Sir William Goodenough; 1st Lord Greenwood; Francis Pember on LSA's tribute to Edward Grenfell [1st Lord St Just]; Sir Lloyd Griscom on subjects...
Dates:
1941-01 - 1964-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence K - Z, 1942-01 - 1943-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/35
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Correspondents include: Marina, Duchess of Kent, thanking LSA for his sympathy [on the death of George, Duke of Kent]; 1st Lord Lang on Mohandas Gandhi's irresponsibility; 2nd Lord Linlithgow [Viceroy of India, earlier Lord Hopetoun] on the actions of Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps [during his mission to the Indian Congress], Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan [Agent-General to Government of India in China] and on the question of his own successor (3); Oliver Lyttelton, Minister of Production [later...
Dates:
1942-01 - 1943-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence L - Z, 1931-01 - 1931-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/21
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Henry Lewin, supporting LSA's position on tariffs (3); 1st Lord Lloyd on subjects including his disagreement with LSA on Indian constitutional affairs (4); [Herbert] Paul Latham, thanking LSA for his help in his election campaign; Sir Roderick Jones [Chairman and Managing Director of Reuters]; Sir Arthur Crosfield; Sir Robert Vansittart [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]; Sir Samuel Wilson [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies] on...
Dates:
1931-01 - 1931-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence L - Z, 1944-01 - 1944-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/38
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Alan Lascelles [Private Secretary to King George VI]; Sir John Latham [Chief Justice of Australia] on the death of his son and the appointment of Richard Casey as Governor of Bengal [parts of Bangladesh and India]; Henry Lewin; Frances Lloyd George; Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg; Oliver Lyttelton, Minister of Production [later 1st Lord Chandos] on paper allotted to different political parties; Lieutenant-General Sir Richard McCreery, commander of the...
Dates:
1944-01 - 1944-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence: Mackenzie King, 1940-05 - 1945-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/9
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between LSA and [William] Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, on subjects including: the progress of the war, particularly the success of the Royal Air Force; the constitutional deadlock on India; the death of 11th Lord Lothian [British Ambassador to the United States, earlier Philip Kerr] and the difficulty of replacing him; Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps's mission to the Indian Congress; the hunger strike by Mohandas Gandhi; replacing the Speaker's Chair destroyed by...
Dates:
1940-05 - 1945-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence on chronometers for India, 1894 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/93
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Correspondence regarding chronometers supplied to the Indian Government:Correspondence with the India Office concerning the trial of three chronometers ordered from Johannsen and Co. for the Mathematical Instrument Office, Calcutta, 1894.Correspondence concerning a request by the India Office that chronometers to be shipped out to India should be securely packed by the Royal Observatory ready for export, 1894.Correspondence with the India Office concerning the trial...
Dates:
1894 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence on chronometers for India, 1908 - 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/94
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Correspondence regarding chronometers supplied to the Indian Government:Correspondence with the India Office and various chronometer-makers concerning the supply, trial and purchase of chronometers and chronograph watches for the Marine Department, Bombay, 1908-1909.Correspondence with the India Office concerning the trial and purchase of chronometers for the Government Observatory, Colaba, and for the Mathematical Instrument Office, Calcutta, 1908-1910.Correspondence...
Dates:
1908 - 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence on foreign observatories, 1961 - 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/443
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding foreign observatories, including observatories in Turkey, Italy, Poland, Argentina, Belgium, Sweden and India.
Dates:
1961 - 1963
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Sub-Series
Correspondence on geodesy, 1862 - 1868
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/423
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on geodesy with related papers. The correspondents include H. James, W. De La Rue, C. Pritchard, B.A. Gould, O. Struve, F.A.T. Winnecke, C.F. Varley, W.G. Armstrong, J.T. Chance, W. Smyth, A.R. Clarke, R.L.J. Ellery, J.J.V. Littrow, A. d'Abbadie and C.V. Walker. There is material concerning experiments to find the Earth's density; a paper on a geological survey of Britain; drawings of two portable transit instruments and a zenith sector; departmental orders for a...
Dates:
1862 - 1868
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence on Indian observatories, 1955 - 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/464
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning Indian observatories, including correspondence with Dr S.D. Sinvahl, Uttar Pradesh State Observatory; A.N. Goyal, Department of Mathematics, the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur; K.D. Abhyankar, Nizamiah Observatory; and M.W. Chiplankar, University of Poona. There is also correspondence regarding the Indian Astronomical Society, including letters from N.L. Ghash of Calcutta.
Dates:
1955 - 1963
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).